[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 15CFR2301.5]



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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

       CHAPTER XXIII--NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 

                 ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 

PART 2301_PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart B_Application Requirements

 

Sec. 2301.5  Special consideration.



    In accordance with section 392(f) of the Act, the Agency will give 

special consideration to applications that foster ownership of, 

operation of, and participation in public telecommunications entities by 

minorities and women. Ownership and operation of includes the holding of 

management and other positions in the entity, especially those concerned 

with programming decisions and day-to-day operation and management. 

Participation may be shown by the entity's involvement of women and 

minorities in public telecommunications through its programming 

strategies as meeting the needs and interests of those groups. 

Minorities include American Indians or Alaska natives; Asian or Pacific 

Islanders, Hispanics, and Blacks, not of Hispanic Origin. The special 

consideration element is provided as one of several evaluation criteria 

contained in the regulations at 15 CFR 2301.17(b)(6).